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A brief blast of snow, then another warm week before winter returns to Vail

Fifty degrees in February? Certainly not unheard of in the Vail Valley, but definitely unusual. Those were the temps the last couple of days at Vail and Beaver Creek (Feb.…

Chasing Shiffrin for overall title, Gut now likely out for the season

Chasing Shiffrin for overall title, Gut now likely out for the season

Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut of Switzerland was hurt during a training run at the World Alpine Ski Championships on Friday, and appears to be out for the…

Powder days back in the forecast for Vail, Beaver Creek this week

Powder days back in the forecast for Vail, Beaver Creek this week

Editor’s update: It’s snowing hard in Eagle-Vail as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. After heaping helpings of fresh, if somewhat water-dense, snow in December and January, the first week…

Shiffrin wins parallel slalom city event to pad overall lead

Shiffrin wins parallel slalom city event to pad overall lead

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin picked up her eighth World Cup win of the season Tuesday night in parallel slalom city event in Stockholm, Sweden, adding 100 points her overall lead over…

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships return to Vail on Feb. 27

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships return to Vail on Feb. 27

Burton Snowboards on Tuesday announced the return of the 35th annual US Open Snowboarding Championships to Vail Mountain Feb. 27 – March 4. Now in its landmark 35th year, the…

A week of spring-like weather teases Vail Valley’s loaded spring-skiing calendar

A week of spring-like weather teases Vail Valley’s loaded spring-skiing calendar

After two months of fairly consistent snowfall dating back to just after Thanksgiving — and now an above-average snow pack after a slow start in November — the Vail Valley…

Shiffrin picks up 50 crucial points with surprise super-G result

Shiffrin picks up 50 crucial points with surprise super-G result

Eagle-Vail’s Mikaela Shiffrin padded her overall World Cup lead with a surprise fourth-place finish in a super-G in Cortina, Italy, on Sunday, as Switzerland’s Lara Gut crashed out. The pre-race…

Vonn crashes out in Cortina downhill as Gut claims victory

Vonn crashes out in Cortina downhill as Gut claims victory

Vail’s Lindsey Vonn crashed again Saturday in the same spot where she flew off course during training on Friday, and Switzerland’s Lara Gut grabbed the win in a Word Cup…

Eagle County joins partnership to launch regional electric car purchase program

Eagle County joins partnership to launch regional electric car purchase program

Eagle County has joined Garfield Clean Energy and 10 other partners in launching the first phase of a program to provide a special deal for electric car buyers. The aim…

Vail Valley racers Vonn, Shiffrin both in action in Cortina this weekend

Vail Valley racers Vonn, Shiffrin both in action in Cortina this weekend

Editor’s update: Travis Ganong of Squaw Valley, Calif., won the dark and icy Kandahar downhill in Garmisch, Germany, on Friday — a race that saw Utah’s Steve Nyman airlifted after…